Philosophical Gourmet Report 2006-2008
Brian Leiter's Ranking of Graduate Programs in Philosophy in the English-Speaking World
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PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION

Group 1 (1-2) (mean of 5.0) (median, mode)

Oxford University (5, 5)
University of Notre Dame (5, 5)

Group 2 (3) (mean of 4.5) (median, mode)

Saint Louis University (4.5, 4 & 4.5)

Group 3 (4) (mean of 4.0) (median, mode)

Purdue University (4, 4 & 4.5)

Group 4 (5) (mean of 3.5) (median, mode)

Cornell University (4, 4)

Group 5 (6-19) (mean of 3.0) (median, mode)

* Baylor University
* Claremont Graduate School
* Fordham University
Georgetown University (3.25, 2.5 & 3.5 & 4)
Indiana University, Bloomington (3, 3)
University of California, Riverside (3, 3 & 3.5)
University of Colorado, Boulder (3, 3.5)
* University of New England (Australia)
# University of Oklahoma, Norman (3, n/a)
University of Rochester (3, 3)
University of St. Andrews (3, 3 & 3.5)
University of Texas, Austin (3, 3)
University of Wisconsin, Madison (3, 3)
Yale University (3, 1 & 3 & 4)

* inserted by Board
# based on 2004 results, in some cases with modest adjustments by the Advisory Board to reflect changes in staff in the interim

Evaluators: Jeff Brower, Michael Bergmann, John Martin Fischer, Robert Kane, Jon Kvanvig, Brian Leftow, Scott MacDonald, Timothy O'Connor, Derk Pereboom, Michael Rea, Eleonore Stump, Peter van Inwagen, Allen Wood, Dean Zimmerman.

Remember: evaluators were not permitted to evaluate either their own department or the department from which they received their highest degree (PhD, DPhil, sometimes the BPhil).


 

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